Politics

Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe

December 06, 2016

Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis make up the majority of the refugee population stuck on Lesbos and other Greek islands. So the Africans there to seek asylum are often overlooked.

Politics

To fight hate crimes, philanthropist George Soros's organization begins by tracking them

PRI's The World

December 06, 2016

Billionaire philanthropist and Holocaust survivor will invest $10 million to help communities track hate crimes against them.

Politics

An Israeli program to pay African migrants to leave voluntarily is breaking up families — leaving mothers and children behind

PRI's The World

December 06, 2016

An incentive from the Israeli government offers money and free flights to African asylum seekers. They can use the incentive if they agree to return to Africa. But, there's a problem with this immigration policy, some African men instead try to use the money to get to Europe leaving their families behind.

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Germany's Merkel launches election bid with tough line on immigration

Agence France-Presse

December 06, 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sets off re-election bid with ban on Muslim full-face veil, following Germany's intake of more than a million refugees, which has drawn criticism from Merkel's party.

Politics

Why Trump's call with Taiwan's president upsets a carefully balanced fiction

Agence France-Presse

December 05, 2016

The US, China and Taiwan have all signed onto a fiction — that Taiwan and China are one and the same government. Of course, the US doesn't completely go along with that, but for official purposes, it's been a useful lie for decades.

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Refugees in Pennsylvania keep musical traditions alive with kids' songs

PRI's The World

December 05, 2016

A folklorist at the Erie Art Museum dreamed up the idea: Helping refugees gain work skills while working with them to preserve their songs.

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A cross-generational group of US women is planning a nationwide strike against Trump

December 05, 2016

They may be decades apart, but the women organizing the Dec. 12 strike have their eyes set on one prize: getting the electoral college to change their votes.

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The European Union may be fragile, but it's not cracking up just yet

PRI's The World

December 05, 2016

Italian voters gave a thumbs down to constitutional reform that would have strengthened a pro-EU leader. But voters in Austria reject a far-right candidate.

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Chinese media blame Trump's 'inexperience' for Taiwan call

Agence France-Presse

December 04, 2016

Chinese state media said Sunday that US President-elect Donald Trump's "inexperience" led him to accept a phone call from Taiwan's leader but warned that any breach of the One China policy would "destroy" Sino-US relations.

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Cuba buries Castro, entering post-Fidel era

Agence France-Presse

December 04, 2016

Fidel Castro's ashes were buried alongside national heroes in the cradle of his revolution on Sunday, as Cuba opens a new era without the communist leader who ruled the island for decades.

Politics

This Muslim purge in Myanmar is so awful you can see it from space

GlobalPost

November 15, 2016

Along Myanmar’s marshy coastline, villages keep going up in flames.

Politics

One of the six US immigrant Nobel winners is 'totally speechless' over the push to limit immigration

PRI's The World

October 11, 2016

Sir J. Fraser Stoddart won a Nobel Prize in chemistry this year. Like the five others who won in the US, he is an immigrant.

Politics

Fake HIV/AIDS cures persist around the world

GlobalPost

October 18, 2012

A list of some of the most outrageous claims of finding a cure to AIDS

Politics

Historians disagree on whether 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is racist

PRI's The World

August 30, 2016

The decision of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to stop standing for the national anthem has provoked a lot of debate, to say the least. One part of the argument is about the anthem's little-known third stanza, and whether it is racist.

Politics

Policing the language of the Holocaust in Poland

PRI's The World

August 18, 2016

This week the right-wing Polish governing party proposed a new law to outlaw the use of phrases like "Polish death camp" or "Polish concentration camp."

Politics

Sorry Mom, the kids won't be coming home for Thanksgiving this year

November 16, 2016

After the election of Donald Trump, some liberal millennials are opting out of the festivities to avoid awkward political conversations with conservative family members.

Politics

The 'alt-right' and white outrage around the world: An explainer

PRI's The World

November 25, 2016

The US alt-right is a mishmash of people dissatisfied with the Republican establishment and focused on the prosperity of white people.

Politics

In Mumbai, 'shock and horror' over Trump’s statements about women

PRI's The World

October 14, 2016

“This is happening in a country we look up to as a progressive, and really a developed nation.”

Politics

It’s now clear that most of the Syrian refugees coming to the United States are women and children

GlobalPost

August 08, 2016

The US is on track to allow entry to 10,000 Syrian refugees by next summer. There are almost 5 million Syrians who have fled their country’s war.

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I know you voted for Trump for a better future. But please don’t forget my future.

PRI's The World

November 10, 2016

Luis Mancheno disagrees with Trump’s positions on almost everything, and he hopes his fellow Americans won’t leave him behind.